Summer Reading List 2017-2018
Students will read the novels for their incoming grade levels, and follow the directions for their assignments based on the course/grade-level, on the other side of this page.
Students should also be prepared for an assessment the first day of school in August 2017. Reading during summer break is necessary for students to keep their fluency,
literacy, and vocabulary skills. These books can be purchased at Barnes and Noble, on the internet (Amazon, EBay), or borrowed from a local library. Choices may
contain mature language and mature subject matter.
Grade 8 9
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
Dual Enrollment American Literature
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
Grade 9  10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Grade 10  11
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Grade 11  12
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
AP Language and Composition
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict by Austin Reed
AP Literature
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
(PDF online- see AP Lit handout)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Othello by William Shakespeare
* AP Lit assignments on separate handout.
ESOL levels 1-2 (less proficient) choose 1 books
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Informational)
House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Fiction)
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia (Fiction)
ESOL Levels 3-4 (more proficient) choose 1 books
The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco (Memoir)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Fiction)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Fiction)
10th Grade Honors and AP Language must do the assignment in the first column
All other levels except AP Literature, select a project for each novel from the list below. Dual
Enrollment will present their work with a 5 – 8 min. visual presentation for each project.
10th grade
Honors and AP
Lang. project
Project #1
Complete dialectic journal –
Write a character diary –
1.
Write at least eight journal
entries as if you are the
main character in the
story. Write down events
that happened during
the story and reflect on
how they affected the
character and why.
1.
Typed
2.
8 journal entries
3.
Point of view of the main
character
4.
Include reflection of
events from the novel
5.
Work looks visually
appealing, professional,
and complete.
6.
All writing must be your
original work.
7.
Few, if any, grammatical
errors
2.
3.
4.
As you read the novel, follow
the Elements of Fiction (Plot,
Setting, Character, conflict
and Point of view) and theme.
Also, include Literary
techniques (metaphors,
alliteration, allusion, imagery),
as you find them through the
reading.
For each chapter complete at
least one entry for each of the
Elements of Fiction and
literary techniques, (but you
may add more than one
instance, if it is relevant to the
development of the story). If
the point of view is consistent,
there is no need to discuss it
any further.
Remember, that for each entry
you need a quote, page
number, and on the right
hand side of the chart, discuss
in complete sentences. You
can include any questions that
you may have about the
reading.
Assignment must be typed
and ready to submit on
Edmodo, at the beginning of
the school year. Be ready for
a class discussion grade, and
Test.
Project #2
Project # 3
Project #4
Alternate Beginning and
Ending –
Top Ten List –
Tour of the Town/Setting --
Create a top 10 list in which you
write about and illustrate events
and ideas from the book.
Imagine that you have been given the
task of conducting a tour of the town in
which the book you read is set. Create a
video or Power Point in which you
describe the homes of your characters
and the places where important events in
the book took place. Be creative!
Write and illustrate an alternate
beginning and ending to the story.
1. Typed
2.Minimum of 3 well-developed
paragraphs for beginning
3. Minimum 3 well-developed
paragraphs for ending
4. Content and style of writing
demonstrates
5. understanding of the original
novel.
6. Minimum of 3 drawings,
7. Sketches, or collages illustrating
new story elements
8.Creative, visually appealing
presentation (may be poster,
booklet or other creative format)
9.Work looks visually appealing,
professional and complete.
10.All writing must be your original
work.
11.Few, if any, grammatical errors
1.Typed
2.Select ten important
ideas/themes from the novel and
write a separate paragraph about
each.
3.Each paragraph should contain:
- Main idea
- Development and
support of main idea
- Closing sentence
4.Include an illustration for each
idea.
5. Work looks visually appealing,
professional and complete.
6.All writing must be your original
work.
7.Few, if any, grammatical errors
1.Typed
2.Format: Video or Power Point
3.Select 5 locations important to your
novel.
4.Include a detailed description of each
location.
5.Work looks visually appealing,
professional and complete.
6.All writing must be your original
work.
7.Few, if any, grammatical errors